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Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by faithfulness of others. · view the constellation · filed as D758.2

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“She walked the whole night long, and next day also without stopping, until she could go no farther for weariness. Then she saw a forest-hut, and went into it, and found a room with six little beds, but she did not venture to get into one of them, but crept under one, and lay down on the hard ground, intencliug to pass the night there. Just before sunset, however, she heard a rustling, and saw six swans come flying in at the window.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 49 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • GermanGrimm Nos. 9, 49, 137.
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Filed under Disenchantment by maintaining silence.

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Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: speaking during certain timeTransformation through thoughtless wish of parentQuest for lost brother(s)Transformation by pinching flower (life token)Daily transformationGradual disenchantment. (Cf. D617.)Person restored to human form retains certain animal featuresDisenchantment by physical contactWitch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)Suitors assigned questsTasks performed with help of old womanTask: sewing a shirt from flower petals

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